Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, says the reopening of the JISCO Alpart in Nain, St Elizabeth, remains a priority of the Government. Speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on Wednesday, Green noted...

President of the St Catherine Chamber of Commerce Dennis Robotham says the business community in Spanish Town is reeling from the effects of the killing of Clansman enforcer Sheldon 'Termite' Walters in Top Bank last Friday night. Despite...

THE WESTMORELAND Public Health Services (WPHS) has revealed that an investigation into an unmarked water truck seen in a viral video extracting water from the Roaring River in the parish belongs to Honeyghan Funeral Home and was pulling water for...

FOLLOWING THE theft of a water tank from the Negril Primary School earlier this month, Matthew Samuda, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, is calling on residents to report individuals who are involved so...

Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) is condemning the response of the Ministry of Education and the administrators of St James High School following the expulsion of two female students who were allegedly captured on video kissing each other. In...

The Portland police are appealing for information that could assist them in finding the driver of a motor car which hit a man and failed to stop on Tuesday.  The victim, a man known only as Mikey, succumbed to his injuries at hospital. ...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, says preliminary figures indicate that the agricultural sector grew by over 10 per cent during the first quarter of 2024. He made the disclosure during Wednesday's post-Cabinet press...

The Jamaican Bar Association (JAMBAR) is calling for the Public Service Commission (PSC) to clarify the basis on which an acting director of public prosections (DPP) has been appointed. Prosecutor Claudette Thompson was appointed to act in the...

Police constable Mike Edwards has been granted $750,000 bail with one to two sureties in the case of the shooting death of a man at wake at a bar in Mount Pleasant, Hanover. Edwards was placed before the Hanover Parish Court yesterday to answer a...

Generation 2000 (G2K), the young professional affiliate of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party, says the rise in the number of Jamaicans with a positive view of the country's direction signifies the tangible impact of the economic gains achieved by...

St Catherine businesswoman Roxanne Ewart was yesterday freed of ganja charges because of a major discrepancy between what was allegedly recovered and what was tested at the government's forensic laboratory. The discrepancy was revealed...

The St Andrew Central police have confirmed that a security guard was today charged with the assault of a nine-year-old girl at the University of the West Indies, Mona. The matter, which is still under investigation, occurred on Monday. Commander...

The Watt Town police in St Ann have launched a probe into the suspected drowning of a seven-year-old boy whose body was found in a water tank in Madras this morning. He has been identified as Aquan Currie of Banstable district in Watt...

A gunman posing as a passenger fatally shot a taxi driver and injured three persons last night in Linstead, St Catherine. The deceased cabbie has been identified as Gabian Lewis of Benbow district in Guys Hill in the parish. It is reported that...

The Overseas Examination Commission (OEC) is urging school administrators to be compliant with the regulations and standards that govern the handling of examination materials in their institutions. As the exam season approaches, Chairman of the OEC...

The St Andrew Central police have confirmed that a security guard was today charged with the assault of a nine-year-old girl at the University of the West Indies, Mona. The matter, which is still under investigation, occurred on Monday. Commander...

Ex-soldier Dane Johnson, who was charged for engaging the police in a shoot-out in Cumberland, Portmore, St Catherine, was on Tuesday found not legally responsible for his actions due to his mental condition at the time. A decision on the next...

Approximately 25,700 electronic vouchers (e-vouchers) have been issued to educators in public schools islandwide under the ongoing 'Own Your Own Device' initiative. This brings e-Learning Jamaica Limited (e-LJAM) closer to its target of...

See the word ‘musician’ on a resume and you might not immediately think ‘stellar employee’ or ‘exceptional leader’. Perhaps the word evokes the image of a rock star in trouble for chucking a television out of a hotel room window. Or else someone...

ONE THOUSAND five hundred volunteers are expected to participate in the Great Mangrove Cleanup slated for Saturday, along Kingston Harbour. The initiative is organised by the Kingston Harbour Cleanup Project (KHCP), in collaboration with the...

WESTERN BUREAU: Motorists in St James are expressing concern about the traffic lights at the Westgate intersection in Montego Bay being non-functioning for over a year, despite assurance from the local authorities that the delay in rectifying the...

ON SATURDAY, April 27, and Sunday, April 28, the showgrounds of the Jamaica Horticultural Society, located at the corner of Gibson Drive and Gibson Close in Hope Pastures, St Andrew, will be as busy as a bee searching for nectar at this calendar...

As stakeholders in the tourism sector, especially those in Negril, continue to worry if they will soon have a return of adequate water supply in time for the upcoming Memorial Day holiday in May, Matthew Samuda has reassured that plans are being...

An opinion from the Attorney General's Chambers has stated that the longstanding practice by the Parliament of immediately tabling investigative reports from the Integrity Commission (IC) was not inconsistent with the law. House Speaker Juliet...

Former People's National Party Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Central, Dwayne Vaz, is insisting he has adhered to the requirements set forth by the Integrity Commission Act, despite a ruling that he should be charged for breaching it. A...

Parents are being encouraged to be vigilant and seek the requisite support services and interventions when they observe emotional and behavioural changes in their children in the aftermath of traumatic events. This urging comes from Director of the...

The authorities have demolished small shops located at the front of the new RIU Aquarelle in Coopers Pen, Trelawny, in preparation for the opening of the hotel. The action by the Trelawny police and the Trelawny Municipal Corporation...

Messages of peace reverberated through the walls of Mona High School in St Andrew today as the institution teamed up with Calabar High School for a joint assembly in an effort to defuse tensions amid a recent flare-up of violence among several...

The Government of Jamaica has taken the decision to recognise the State of Palestine, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson Smith, has announced. She says the decision follows discussions by the Cabinet on Monday. ...

A man accused of defrauding almost US$7,000 from three women in an overseas jobs scheme was today denied bail in the St Catherine Parish Court. Kirk Letford, 30, who is charged with three counts of obtaining money by means of false pretence, was...

Former People's National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Central, Dwayne Vaz, is to face charges for breaching the Integrity Commission Act by failing to provide information requested by the Director of Information and...

Twelve new motor vehicles valued at $97.5 million have been commissioned into service at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). The new vehicles are four Nissan Frontier pickup trucks, four Nissan panel vans, two Foton buses, one Hyundai...